title: [Bacteremia in patients with chronic hepatopathy: a study of 54 cases].
abstract: The authors reviewed 54 cases of bacteremia in 48 patients with chronic liver disease over a period of two years. Thirty-three were outpatients and 21 were hospitalized. Fifty-eight microorganisms were detected, which represented 10.3% of the total number of germs isolated in all the cases of bacteremia in the hospital during that same period of time. Gram-negative bacilli were predominant, especially Escherichia coli (19 cases); among the gram-positive ones, the most frequent was Staphylococcus aureus (8 cases). There was ascites in 62.9% of the patients, but the predominant symptom was fever. The most frequent sources of infection were: unknown (29.6%), urinary (22.2%), catheter (16.6%) and lung (14.8%). All the in-hospital cases were preceded by an aggressive diagnostic or therapeutic technique. The rate of mortality was 29.6%, and it was highest among patients with gram-negative bacteremia, ascites, Child C (p less than 0.05), complications (hepatic encephalopathy, hemorrhage and/or septic shock) (p less than 0.03), unknown origin or originating from catheter and in-hospital episodes.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tapiz Reula
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torné Cachot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bassols Pérez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vila Lolo
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Soriano Giménez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomás Vecina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andreu García
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Bacteriemia en pacientes con hepatopatía crónica: estudio de 54 casos.